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JRE MMA Show #98 with Luke Thomas

Joe Rogan Podcast, check it out.
The Joe Rogan Experience.
Train by day, Joe Rogan Podcast by night, all day.
Hello, Luke.
Hi, Joe.
We did it.
We made it.
We finally made it happen.
I wasn't sure it was going to happen.
Yeah, well, kudos to you for taking the chance to come here during the pandemic.
I know, the all very oppressive pandemic.
Well, we were supposed to do it in March.
Yeah.
And then the world turned upside down.
Literally.
Basically.
But we figured out a way.
Yeah, we're here.
Yeah.
You said you did some traveling.
What did you do traveling for before this?
So I went to the Charlo Brothers doubleheader in Mohegan Sun, which was
interesting because
I got there early in the week and the casino was empty.
That bitch was slamming by Saturday night.
I had not been in crowds since March, right?
So that was a little bit weird.
So the casino is packed?
It was packed.
Yeah.
Not like to the rafters, but crowded.
Do they have rules with masks?
It's Native American territory.
They make their rules.
So yes, I mean, they do have the normal protocol.
Like there's hand sanitizing stations everywhere.
You have to wear a mask.
But if you're at the table and you're drinking, they just pull the mask right
down.
Yeah.
I'm like, even if it wasn't that, it's like, can you imagine how fucking dirty
those poker chips are?
It's like the Excalibur.
You ever seen chips at the Excalibur?
Holy shit.
But anyway, so I was just, you know, I minded my business because it was
actually in the sun, the Mohegan Sun Arena.
So we would just like beeline to the place there.
And then last week I went back to Jersey City, which is where the studios are
for my Showtime gig.
So that is interesting that if it's on Native American ground, they can kind of
do whatever they want.
Pretty much.
Which is why the casinos are in the first place.
Right.
And they, again, I would say, you know what, most people were, they were pretty
good about compliance.
I did not feel like, like, honestly, I thought people were more compliance than,
like, the airport yesterday.
All these fucking weak constituted people that pull the mask below their nose.
I want to fucking hit all of them with a car antenna.
I hate every single one of them.
It's not, I just want to look at them.
It's like, it's not a hardship.
Just put on the fucking mask.
Not only that, if you have it below your nose, you're not doing anything.
I know, I was like, just take it off.
Just take it off.
I feel better if you had it off.
Right.
Because at least you're, like, whatever.
You're an honest broker in this exchange.
You know what I mean?
But so it was fine.
You know, they tested us a bunch of times when we were there.
Have you seen the new things?
Like, these new hazmat suits they're selling?
Like, it's literally, like, go to John Joseph, John Joseph Cro-Mag.
Go to his Instagram page.
Do you know John Joseph from Cro-Mags?
I do not.
You have to forgive me.
He was, he's the lead singer of the Cro-Mags.
He was also a triathlete.
And, you know, he is a firm believer in strengthening your own immune system.
Yeah, yeah.
There's something to be said for that.
Look at this.
Look at this.
Holy mother of Jesus.
We're in space.
I mean, this is the future.
And it apparently has some fog-proof attachment some way, somehow or another.
And you put your hand, if you have to scratch your face, there's little zips on
the side and you put your hand through.
You know, I appreciate the spirit of innovation here, but this is a Black
Mirror episode, right?
It is, it is, it is, it is.
Well, you know, you talk, how many people do you know that have gotten it?
A bunch.
Yeah, me too.
Jamie's the latest.
Jamie, but they're saying, which is very interesting, they're saying it really
depends upon what kind of dose you're getting.
You obviously got a very mild dose and you had a very mild case of it.
That's why the masks are important, right?
Because even if you get it, if someone has it, you know, they're not wearing it
properly, you're not getting sprayed with this huge amount.
Especially if someone sneezes on you or something or yells.
That's the thing with drunks, like bars or super spreader events, right?
Because everyone's like drunk talk.
That's what I miss.
I miss the bars a little bit.
I miss the movie theater and I miss the bar.
And I'm not like, you know, till 4 a.m.
I got a kid, but, you know, just saddling up a little bit, having a couple
cocktails.
I miss that a little bit, to be honest with you.
Well, me too.
I just got through sober October.
Hey, it's November 2nd.
Yeah, you want a drink?
I'll drink.
I was going to lift after this, but I'll have a drink if you have one.
Can I have a couple of drinks and still lift?
Listen, I'm 40.
I can't have a couple of drinks and think right, much less lift weights.
But I'll try.
I'll try.
But you know what?
It never gets talked about.
It deserves to be mentioned here.
Send in some whiskey.
I know a guy who was an ER doctor in New York.
He's still there now, obviously, but through March.
This doesn't get talked about, but it's worth mentioning.
There is.
So I knew a bunch of people that went to Iraq because I was in the Marine Corps,
but I got
out right before my unit sent.
So I was very, very lucky in that regard.
But a bunch of them came back super fucked up.
You know, they're all fine now, but super fucked up.
These doctors who were in New York in March, they all have PTSD watching day
after day.
Remember, there was times when New York was losing 800 people a day.
And he was telling me, like, you know, you hold up enough phones to someone who's
dying
and so their kids are crying on the other end of FaceTime.
And you do that day after day after day.
He started smoking the whole thing.
We don't talk enough about that.
I don't think it's bad enough now.
And he was even saying, like, if you're 25, you're fine.
But, like, all of these at-risk folks just coming in and collapsing one after
the other,
it fucked him up big time.
You know, this also falls in line with the conversation that I've been having a
lot about cops.
Oh, God.
People don't understand what it is to be a cop.
Like, all you see is these terrible videos like George Floyd.
Right.
You know, just imagine being a person who every day you're seeing suicide,
murder, rape, car accidents.
You're constantly worried that the next car you pull over is going to be the
guy that shoots you in the head.
Right.
And you've had improper training, probably.
Oh, yeah, for sure.
You're asked to do responsibilities you couldn't possibly handle.
Yeah.
The policy failures of the world are just pushed onto you.
Mm-hmm.
And, you know, you have to deal with the dregs of society.
Like, certainly, obviously, the George Floyd murder is horrific in every way
imaginable.
But my stepfather, my mom eventually got divorced, but I had a stepfather for a
time.
And he was a cop for 30 years in Washington, D.C.
You know, I'm not saying he had the most enlightened ideas of the world.
But when you spend a few months in the hospital because they broke all your
ribs and you had to deal with, you know, two-year-old with a gun.
And, you know, every other situation, it will warp you.
It will affect your moral calculations.
And if you have improper training and improper funding, it only exacerbates the
problem.
Like, we ask cops to do way too much shit, and it results in a lot of problems.
And the job, like now, good luck trying to find really intelligent people that
could do other things.
You know, right now, no one wants to be a cop because the cops are the bad guys.
Right.
They're the enemies.
And, you know, it's like defunding the police is now like a mantra that the
left likes to use.
Right.
Defund the police.
And by the way, I'm a member of the left.
And so when I first heard it, I was like, I didn't know what it meant.
And they like to tell you that it means one thing.
I don't think that it means one thing.
It means a series of different things.
To some, it means actually what they stay, which is what they claim, which is
utterly demolish it and start from scratch.
For others, thank you.
For others, it means not going to that nuclear option, but sort of rearranging
funds to go to different policy or other kind of intervention projects.
Do you ice or no ice?
It depends on how good the whiskey is there, Joe Rogan.
It's still Austin.
I have not tried it because we bought it.
I'll try it.
I'll try it and eat.
All right.
There you go.
We tried it when I was doing the cheers, sir.
Salud.
Salud.
Mmm.
Ooh, smells nice.
It's pretty damn good.
That does not need ice.
That's good.
Yeah.
It's a bummer.
And, you know, it's really a bummer when you see cops scrap and they can't.
And you're like, how did you get this far?
Like, you're an actual police officer and you never learn how to – you don't
even know how to distribute your weight on the ground?
I understand that, quite frankly.
I was in – I was – like I told you, I did six years in the Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps has this reputation, somewhat deserved it, about there being
super macho and shit relative to the other forces.
And some of that is true and some of that is deserved.
I had never seen – I remember the first time – you ever been to the Mojave
Desert at all?
Yeah.
So there's the – the 29 Palms is out there.
I'll never forget the first time I went to 29 Palms because there is – there
is fuck all to do at 29 Palms.
And so the Marine Corps wisely just invests in weight rooms.
It was the nicest gym I had ever been in in my life.
And it was nothing but Hoss Marine after the – I mean, they're all on
steroids.
They had to be – I don't think – I don't think any commanding officer gave
a fuck.
And they were all huge.
And they lived this gung-ho life and blah, blah, blah.
But then when it came time for hand-to-hand combatives training, MCMAP is shit.
It's not good.
It's better than nothing.
But if you – unless you do straight-up Army combatives, like – which is a
best thing maybe the Army's ever done for themselves in terms of that kind of
aim, policy aim, you get nothing.
And every cop I know who has ever trained, there's a bunch of guys who I know
from various different martial arts schools.
They took the initiative to go train outside of what law enforcement was
providing them.
But, like, they – this is what I mean.
They don't get any of this shit.
Or if they do, it's like, you know, here's how to get out of – if someone's
choking you in this very – it's almost like a women's self-defense class is
really the extent to which they learn.
That's ridiculous.
Yeah, it's not much.
It should be mandatory.
And not only should it be mandatory, it should be, like, a part of the
curriculum.
You know, Jocko Willink said that they should spend 20% of their time training.
And I think he's right.
I think –
Who's got the money for that, though?
It's a good question.
I mean, real consideration should be put to why don't we have the money for
that.
Also, I would challenge it a little bit, if I may, which is I saw in the wake
of the George Floyd thing, there was a lot of people like, how do we – most
people were basically horrified by that.
But the question is, what do you do about it?
And so I saw some op-eds.
I think MMA Junkie published one from this guy.
I'm sure he was well-intentioned, but he was like – I think Henry Gracie had
some similar ideas because he really believes in the transformative power of jiu-jitsu,
right?
I do to an extent.
I do to an extent.
I mean, here's what I would say.
It's the same thing going through the military.
Like, if you don't succumb to the process, it will not redevelop your character.
Right.
You have to willingly give yourself to that.
Just giving cops jiu-jitsu training does not force that transformation.
So while I think it would help in certain situations, it could exacerbate
existing problems with whatever cop has deranged or bad training about the
world.
And now – oh, wait.
Now you know Kimora's and you're a fucking asshole?
Right.
That's 